Sophos wins VB100 award for SUSE Linux protection

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The latest edition of Virus Bulletin magazine has tested a slew of Linux anti-virus products.

Symantec and McAfee were amongst the security vendors who opted not to participate in the test, leaving some nine products in the running.

Just as with the tests that Virus Bulletin conducts on other operating system platforms, the VB100 title is only awarded if a product is capable of detecting all in-the-wild viruses in both on-demand and on-access modes without suffering from any false positives.

Sophos performed well in the tests, outperforming some of the products from competing firms, and earning a VB100 award.

More information about the test can be found in the February 2010 edition of Virus Bulletin magazine, published today.

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Graham Cluley is a veteran of the cybersecurity industry, having worked for a number of security companies since the early 1990s when he wrote the first ever version of Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit for Windows. Now an independent analyst, he regularly makes media appearances and is an international public speaker on the topic of cybersecurity, hackers, and online privacy. Follow him on Twitter, Mastodon, Bluesky, or drop him an email.